ERIC ED425185: Statistical Profile: Public Schools of North Carolina 1998.

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ED 425 185
Statistical Profile: Public Schools of North Carolina 1998.
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North Carolina State Board of Education, Raleigh.; North
INSTITUTION
Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh.
1998-00-00
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*Charter Schools; *Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary
DESCRIPTORS
Education; *Enrollment; High School Graduates; Profiles;
Public Schools; School Personnel; *School Statistics;
*Student Characteristics; Tables (Data)
*North Carolina
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
This book, which is in its 24th edition, provides general
statistical data to the public, professional educators, and the General
Assembly of North Carolina. The profile contains information on North
Carolina's 1,247,144 students and 117 local education agencies, school
personnel, and finances. Part I presents tables and summaries of statewide
(2) nonpromotion rate
(1) pupil accounting;
data on the following subjects:
(4) exceptional
(3) projected final average daily membership;
by grade;
(6) high school
(5) pupil membership by race/ethnic origin;
pupils;
(8) public
(7) projections of high school graduates;
graduates' intentions;
(9) public school personnel summary;
school dropout and retention data;
(10)
(11) highest degree held by
experience status of instructional personnel;
(12) selected characteristics of public school
instructional personnel;
(13) selected statistics of local salary supplements;
teachers;
(14)
(15) transportation; and (16) course membership
financial information;
summary. Part II contains data for each local school system on pupil
accounting, high school graduate intentions, public school personnel, and
current expense expenditures by source of funds. Part III is a new section
added this year to provide information about charter schools. This section
includes background information and pupil accounting on the thirty-four
charter schools which began operating in North Carolina in the 1997-98 school
(Contains 38 tables.)
year.
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Foreword
The North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile is a collec-
tion of statistical information about North Carolina's elementary and
secondary schools. This is the twenty-fourth edition ofthe publication.
It was initiated in 1975.
The purpose ofthis book is to provide general statistical data to the
public, professional educators, and the General Assembly. This profile
includes information on public school pupils, personnel, and finances.
Tables with statewide data are presented in Part I. Part II contains data
on pupil accounting, high school graduate intentions, public school
personnel, and current expense expenditures for each local school
system.
Part III is a new section that has been added this year to include
Charter Schools. Thirty-four Charter Schools began operating in North
Carolina in the 1997-98 school year in compliance with legislation
passed by the General Assembly in 1996.
This publication would not be possible without the full support
and dedicated efforts of public school administrators, principals, and
teachers. Their efforts in making this information available are grate-
fully acknowledged.
4eLekt(It
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Phillp J. Kirk, Jr.
Mike Ward
Chairman
State Superintendent
State Board of Education
of Public Instruction
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Contents
Page
Foreword
iii
PART I: STATE SUMMARY
PUPIL INFORMATION
1
Pupil Accounting
1
Nonpromotion Rate by Grade
2
Projected Final Average Daily Membership
2
Exceptional Pupils
2
Pupil Membership by Race/Ethnic Origin
2
High School Graduates Intentions
3
Projections of High School Graduates
3
Public School Dropout and Retention Data
3
NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL
32
Public School Personnel Summary
32
Experience Status of Instructional Personnel
33
Highest Degree Held by Instructional Personnel
33
Selected Characteristics of Classroom Teachers
33
Selected Statistics of Local Salary Supplements
33
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
45
TRANSPORTATION
69
COURSE MEMBERSHIP SUMMARY
73
PART II: LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES
See Alphabetical List of Local Education Agencies on Page viii.
PART III: CHARTER SCHOOLS
Background
319
Pupil Accounting
320
4
Tables
Page
Pupil Information
Table 1
Final Enrollment by Grade
5
Table 2
Final Average Daily Membership by Grade
6
Table 3
Final Average Daily Attendance by Grade
7
Table 4
Membership Last Day by Grade
8
Table 5
Promotions by Grade
9
Table 6
Nonpromotions by Grade
10
Table 7
Nonpromotion Rate by Grade
11
Table 8
Impact of Summer School on Nonpromotion Rate, 1996-97
12
Table 9
Projected State Final Average Daily Membership
13
Table 10
Projected Final Average Daily Membership by LEA
14
Table 11
Pupils in Membership Being Served by
Exceptional Children Programs, 1997-98
17
Table 12
Pupils in Membership by Race and Sex, 1997-98
20
Table 13
A History of Pupil Membership by Race
23
Table 14
1997 High School Graduates Intentions Including
1996 Summer School
24
Table 15
Intentions of High School Graduates
- A Five Year History
25
Table 16
Projection of Public High School Graduates
26
Table 17
Public School Dropout and Retention Data, 1996-97
29
Public School Personnel
Table 18
State Summary of Public School Full-Time Personnel, 1997-98
34
Table 19
Experience Status of Instructional Personnel, 1997-98
35
Table 20
Highest Degree Held by Instructional Personnel, 1997-98
38
Table 21
Selected Characteristics of Classroom Teachers, 1997-98
41
Table 22
Selected Statistics of Local Salary Supplements, 1997-98
44
Financial Information
Table 23
State of North Carolina Expenditures for the Fiscal
Year Ending June 30, 1997
47
Table 24
Per Capita Personal Income by County, 1995
48
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Page
Table 25
North Carolina Current Expense Expenditures
by Source of Funds, 1996-97
49
Table 26
Comparison of Per Pupil Expenditures
50
Table 27
Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking, 1996-97
(Child Nutrition Included)
51
Table 28
Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking, 1996-97
(Child Nutrition Excluded)
54
Table 29
Revenue From All Sources, 1996-97
57
Table 30
Current Expense Expenditures by
Purpose Codes, 1996-97
58
Table 31
Capital Outlay Expenditures by Source
of Funds, 1996-97
63
Table 32
Ranking of 1996-97 ADM, Total Per Pupil
Expenditures, and Capital Outlay
64
Table 33
County Appropriations and Supplemental Taxes
for Education (Current Expense), 1996-97
67
Table 34
Supplemental Taxes for Education, 1996-97
68
Transportation
Table 35
Student Transportation on Public School Buses, 1996-97
70
Course Membership
Table 36
Course Membership Summary, 1997-98
73
Charter Schools
Table 37
Pupils in Membership by Race and Sex, 1997-98
324
Table 38
Pupils in Membership Being Served by Exceptional
Children Programs, 1997-98
325
vii
6
Alphabetical List of Local Education Agencies
Page
Page
Page
244
Pamlico County
170
Gaston County
82
Alamance County
246
Pasquotank County
172
Gates County
84
Alexander County
248
Pender County
174
Graham County
86
Alleghany County
250
Perquimans County
176
Granville County
88
Anson County
Person County 252
178
Greene County
90
Ashe County
254
180 Pitt County
Guilford County
260
Asheboro City
256
Polk County
182
Halifax County
104
Asheville City
Randolph County
258
Hamett County
188
92
Avery County
262
Richmond County
190
Haywood County
94
Beaufort County
Roanoke Rapids City
184
192
Henderson County
96
Bertie County
264
Robeson County
194
Hertford County
98
Bladen County
266
Rockingham County
122
Hickory C ity
100
Brunswick County
Rowan County 268
196
Hoke County
102
Buncombe County
270
Rutherford County
198
Hyde County
106
Burke County
200
272
Sampson County
Iredell County
108
Cabarrus County
276
204
Scotland County
Jackson County
112
Caldwell County
206
Shelby City
138
Johnston County
114
Camden County
278
Stanly County
208
Jones County
116
Carteret County
280
Stokes County
110
Kannapolis City
118
Caswell County
282
Suny County
Kings Mountain City
136
120
Catawba County
288
Swain County
210
242
Lee County
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
212
Thomasville City
Lenoir County
156
126
Chatham County
290
Transylvania County
Lexington City
154
128
Cherokee County
214 292
Tyrrell County
Lincoln County
Chowan County
130
216
294
Union County
Macon County
132
Clay County
218 296
Vance County
Madison County
134
Cleveland County
220
Wake County
298
274
Martin County
Clinton City
300
Warren County
222
McDowell County
140
Columbus County
224
302
Mecklenburg County Washington County
144
Craven County
226 Watauga County
Mitchell County 304
Cumberland County
146
228 306
Wayne County
Montgomery County
Currituck County
148
230
Moore County Weldon City
150
Dare County
186
202
Mooresville City
Davidson County
Whitey ille City 142
152
286
Wilkes County
Mount Airy City 308
Davie County
158
232
310
Nash County
Wilson County
Dupl in County
160
234 312
Yadkin County
New Hanover County
Durham County
162
Newton-Conover City Yancey County 314
Edgecombe County
164 124
284 236
Northampton County
Elkin City
238
Onslow County
Forsyth County
166
240
Orange County
Franklin County
168
viii
Part I:
State Summary
Pupil Information
Pupil accounting data are among the most useful sources of information available to
Pupil
state and local administrators and to the public in general. This information provides the
Accounting
core of the data used in evaluation, planning, allocation of funds, and measurement of
compliance with federal and state regulations. The basic pupil accounting form used in
North Carolina is the Principal's Monthly Report. There are nine reporting periods of
twenty school days each. Enrollment (ENROLL), average daily membership (ADM), and
average daily attendance (ADA) are calculated from this report. Membership-last-day
(MLD), promotions (PROM), and nonpromotions (NP) are derived from the ninth month
report. Tables 1-6 present state totals of these student counts for the past ten years. First
month 1997-98 figures are included for enrollment, ADM, and ADA. First month figures
for Charter School enrollment, ADM, ADA, and membership are also included. Pupil
accounting data for each local education agency (LEA) is given in Part II. Membership,
ADM, and ADA for each Charter School appears in Part III, page 320.
The definitions of pupil accounting terms used in this publication are:
Enrollment: The term enrollment represents the number of pupils registered in the
state's public schools. Once a pupil is initially counted in the enrollment figure, he/
she remains in that count throughout the school year. Students transferring to the
North Carolina public school system from another state or from non-public schools
are added to enrollment. Enrollment is not reduced by transfers, withdrawals, deaths,
or midyear graduations. The end of the year enrollment thus shows a higher count
than the actual number of students in school. Final enrollment, therefore, should not
be compared to first month enrollment.
Average Daily Membership: The total number of school days within a given term
or school year that a student's name is on the current roll of a class, regardless of his/
her being present or absent, is the "number of days in membership" for that student.
The sum of the "number of days in membership" for all students divided by the
number of school days in the term yields ADM. The final average daily membership
is the total days in membership for all students over the school year divided by the
number ofdays school was in session. Average daily membership is a more accurate
count of the number of students in school than enrollment.
Average Daily Attendance: Attendance is the presence of a student on days when
school is in session. A student is counted as present only when he/she is actually at
school, present at another activity sponsored by the school as part of the school's
program, or personally supervised by a member ofthe staff. The total number ofdays
of attendance for all students divided by the total number of school days in a given
period gives the average daily attendance (ADA).
Membership Last Day, Promotions, and Nonpromotions: Membership on a given
day is the headcount of students who were enrolled up to that day and did not transfer,
drop out, die, or graduate early. Membership Last Day refers to the number of
students remaining in membership as ofthe last day of school for the academic year.
Students who are in membership on the last day are either advanced to the next grade
(promotions) for the coming school year or retained in the same grade (nonpromotions)
for the succeeding school year. Promotions and nonpromotions have been adjusted
after summer school.
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Nonpromotion
Statewide nonpromotion rates over a ten-year period are presented in Table 7. The rates
were computed by dividing the number ofnonpromoted students (NP) by the last school day
Rate by
membership (MLD). Nonpromotion rates for individual LEAs can be calculated using NP
Grade
and MLD figuies given in Part II.
Since promotion policies vary among LEAs, care should be exercised in making
comparisons of nonpromotion rates, particularly at the secondary level. Many secondary
schools require the completion of a fixed number of Carnegie units or of a required
curriculum to advance to the next grade level. In many cases, nonpromotion of a grade in
high school may indicate the failure of a single course rather than the entire or overall course
load for that grade level.
Many students who are not promoted at the end of the regular school session attend
summer school. A number of them are promoted to the next grade after successfully
completing the summer session. Nonpromotion rates reflect the results of summer school
promotions. Table 8 reveals the impact of the 1997 summer school on the 1996-97
nonpromotion rate.
Projected
The method used in the projection of school final average daily membership is known
as the cohort survival method. With this method, residential births and grade membership
Final Average
are used to calculate the grade survival ratios. To obtain stable survival ratios, a period of
Daily
five years of historical data is used. The projected information has proven valuable to all
Membership
phases of school planning both at the state and local levels. Table 9 summarizes ADM
projections by grade level for the state while Table 10 gives the projected final ADM for
each LEA.
Exceptional
Information on the numbers of exceptional students identified and served by primary
exceptionality classification as ofDecember 1 is apart ofthe certified headcount submitted
Pupils
to Exceptional Children/Instructional Services each year. The figures in Table 11 represent
an unduplicated count of students (ages 3-21) who have Individual Education Plans (IEPs)
and are eligible for federal funds (Title VI-B). Charter School exceptional children are
excluded from Table 11. Their count can be found in Table 38 on page 325.
Pupil Member-
Information on pupils in membership by their race/ethnic origin is collected annually
by the Department of Public Instruction. It is reported biennially to the Office for Civil
ship by Race/
Rights of the United States Department of Education (OCR).
This information is
Ethnic Origin
maintained annually to ensure compliance with Title VI ofthe Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
Title IV of the Education Amendments of 1972. School membership is reported by race/
ethnic origin as of the end of the first school month. Table 12 is a summary of the pupils
in membership for 1997-98 by race and sex. Table 13 presents pupil membership by race
from 1978-79 to 1997-98. These figures should not be confused with average daily
membership. Charter School membership is excluded from Table 12 and Table 13. Table
37 on page 324 lists this data for Charter Schools.
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